State, feds in talks to close Alligator Alcatraz due to operating costs: NYT
Officials say the Everglades detention center costs Florida $1 million a day, and federal reimbursement has not yet arrived.
- Florida entered preliminary talks with the Trump administration to close the "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention facility in the Everglades, citing mounting operational costs that have strained state finances.
- The facility, opened last summer, has faced persistent criticism from the Miccosukee Tribe and environmental groups for disrupting sacred lands and wildlife habitats within the Everglades region.
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's administration has spent more than $1 million a day to operate the center, yet the state has not received the $608 million federal reimbursement promised.
- Although the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently overturned an injunction that would have closed the site, Department of Homeland Security officials now consider the center ineffective and too expensive.
- No official closure decision has been made, but preliminary talks highlight the facility's struggle to maintain operations amid ongoing litigation and the lack of anticipated federal funding.
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'Alligator Alcatraz,' Too Expensive to Run, May Close
The New York Times reported Thursday morning that “Florida is in talks with the Trump administration” to shut down the facility dubbed by DeSantis’ administration as “Alligator Alcatraz,” adding that the talks are “preliminary but that “officials at the Department of Homeland Security have concluded that it is too expensive to keep operating the center.” The post ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Too Expensive to Run, May Close appeared first on FlaglerLive.
What's the future going to look like for Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz?" A report says it could close soon.
State of Florida and federal officials are discussing the closure of the controversial "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center, according to the New York Times.
Fla. Gov. DeSantis says it ‘would be great’ to shut down Alligator Alcatraz
Gov. Ron DeSantis is now backing plans to shutter Florida’s state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades, 10 months after the state opened it and after spending hundreds of millions of dollars on its construction and operation.
The Record
DeSantis says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center always was meant to be temporary
OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that the immigration detention center known as “ Alligator Alcatraz ” always was meant to be temporary.
Idaho Press
DeSantis says 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center always was meant to be temporary
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” always was meant to be temporary. His comments Thursday on the same day that The New York Times reported state and federal officials were in early talks…
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